Asks Quote by Afrika Bambaataa

Everybody needs to show respect to each others' ways and the cultural life that you get on this planet. Don't get caught up on…

— Afrika Bambaataa

I'm Colombian. My family all have different complexions; some are people of color. I've been called every name by white people, been mocked for…

— Kali Uchis

Our names were made for us in another century.

— Richard Brautigan

I like 'em brown, yellow, Puerto Rican or Haitian. Name is Phife Dawg from the Zulu nation.

— A Tribe Called Quest

I remember when we were called 'colored,' and Dr. King would always tell young people not to get upset at what people called you.…

— Jesse White

Whereas Europeans generally pronounce my name the right way ('Ni-klows Wirt'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nick-les Worth'. This is to say that Europeans…

— Niklaus Wirth

The only people that deserve to be called Americans are Native Americans, otherwise, I'm a Latino American, you know… Anybody else... well where did…

— Cristian Machado

People have called Christopher Columbus horrible, racist, a psycho-maniac killer and a slave owner.

— Rush Limbaugh

My parents gave me a Mexican name. In our culture, we are named after the events of the day.

— Lupita Nyong'o

I have dark skin. My nickname is El Negro. They call me El Negro in Mexico because even in my country, the dark skin…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark.

— Chief Joseph

Please stop using the word "Negro."... We are the only human beings in the world with fifty-seven variety of complexions who are classed together…

— Mary Church Terrell